I’ll be the first to admit: I was skeptical of Jeff Hoffman. The team called him up on May 4 as someone who could help out a bit with a beleaguered bullpen, not thinking he’d be any more than someone who could be used, designated for assignment and moved back to Lehigh Valley with relative ease. Instead, it looks like the team has uncovered something useful to the bullpen crew, much in the way they used Andrew Bellatti in 2022. It might be as simple as making a pitcher throw his best pitch more often.
Hoffman, as you might recall, was a part of the trade way back when that sent Troy Tulowitzki from Colorado to the Blue Jays.